Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-19


vTvrs-coNNoS-sESsz rEEvExTrvEs AND CURES
FOR VARIOUS ADVANTAGEOUS FOR SMILE But
s1,soSABLE pSHEs.
ANrcz woxs BROOM Is very hard on the carpet
POPCORN IL GOOD for nausea and cranberry for
malaria.
TIE COVERS oy THg RANGE should never be Al
lowed To get red hot
EATING ONIONS AND HossrxAprsH Is claimed to
relieve Gropsical swe.liags.
PICKLES, well made, are better when a year old
than at the end Of six months
CIsrxRS wkrss NAY BE PURIFIED by charcoal
put In Tag and hung In the water.
wAsz-CtcrHs should be thoroughly rinsed In
water with soap and little ammonia
IL IorR PLAr-RoSs AKE Roreu rub them with
Inc salt and 10 VIII make them smooth
Few DROPS OF LEMON Juice squeezed on cold
boiled ham gives &c greater zest and improves II
vastly.
Foa corrr, STAINS try putting thick gycerine
on the wrong side and washing It Gut with luke
GOOD FLora Is no, tested By its color. White
rour may not be the best. The test OF good flour
Is Dy the amount OF water it absorbs.
TIE OLD CLASSIC PATTERNS In which scroll work
ana acsnthus leaves figure prominently are now
much used for decorating handsome furniture
HIeHLv-roIlsaED BRASS may be kept absolutely
bright and fres from tarnish BY thinly coating
tine articles with varnish or beached shellac and
alcohol.
srrKI-wrss Doom MArs look Ike rubber mats,
hut the hneiy-woven wires allow the mud and
dust TO pass through, so that the mat Itself Is
always clean it Is OF course, for outdoor use
only.
BTr or sorr PAPER ia recommended by an Eng
hsh doctor for dropping medicines into the eye as
being equally effective brushes glass troopers,
&C, and far less likely 10 introduce foreign SUD
A GIAss OK CHINA TOWEL keeps dry much longer
when used In wiping articles taken from steaming
hot water; miserliRess Ia "tea towels as :hey
are called, makes clouded table ware. There Is
poor economy In wiping dishes with wet Towel
To MAKE BxErsrgAk TENDER let 10 lie Tor TWO
hours In a little vinegar before broiiDs or broi n
trst and then pour over 10 O small cupful OF net
vinegar IN which you may drop little butter,
Instead OF putting the butter In bits over the top
Of the hot steak.
INSECTS IN Por PIASrs.-Ons OF the cheapest and
best modes OF destroying insects IN pot plants is
10 invert the pot and dip the plants for few
seconds In water warmed 10 $50 degrees Usually
heat the water pretty yel and pour In ccoi unt!
13O degrees Il reached.
A RBErsir,.n Crsy woRTH TaYrSa.-0ne quart
% mix, quite hot; stir in one ounce alum; this
makes curd and whey; bathe the parts affected
with the whey TIL 30 Il TOO cold. After bathing
with the whey, heat the curds well and put on rs
poultice and then go 10 sleep.
CKKzsLrSE PrppING-TGke four ounces OF cereal
line fakes; mix II up with two ounces wheat
Hour, one pint milk, one tablespoonful butter,
threr eggs. four ounces sugar. cDe-half teaspoon
fi vanilla Boil This for nye or ten minutes; then
PUT In cups or mouths and bake Tor fifteen minutes
Nzxps OF THE ScBooLEoox.-The temperature OF
the schooiroon should IN winter be maintained at
range not to exceed from 6s TO 80 degrees. Not
less than go cubic feet OF air space should be al
on as iSn DaD @
than 30 cubic feet OF air per minute.
CURE ros cHArTzD HASDs-wesh the hands
with fine soep ana before removing the soap scrub
them with a tablespoonful OF indian meal, rinsing
thoroughly with soft tepid water, wipe the hands
perfectly dry, then rinse them In very little
water containing teaspoonful OF pure eiycerine,
ruoofng the hands together until the waier has
eyayorated. The glyeerine must be pure Or it viii
ifritate instead OF healing.
scAILoP MEAT.-Take cracker crumbs, macaroni,
cold meat. the gravy OF the meat, or soup STOCK.
boil the maearoni until soft, put little cold water
10 70 prevslt it from sticking together: cut the
E.eaf In small pieces, cover me bottom OF deep
dish with the ciumes. then layer Oh meat, little
salt and pepper. sayeroi InGcaronf, crumbs meat.
Sc., with the crumbs last. and over all pour the
gravy. Bake one-ha1 hour.
CARR OF THE SIcK.-PuTe air and proper food
are the fundamental points in the care o. the
sick. In OTTER TO have pure air the scrupulous
CLEANLINESS must prevail In the sick room, all The
surroundings OF the Invalid must BE- spctlessly
OF the effect OF different forms OF food on the
human system: and how they can be administered
u.
viii Is the staple artrie OF diet for most persons
suffering trOn serious illness, may be 80 given as
10 Be positively injurious instead CT beneficial II
TOO much Is gwen ut oace mass curd is formed
which Ia more than the stomach can take care OF
In lis weakened condition
CARE OF THE BoDY.-A writer on hygiene says
that man Is either doctor or a fool az 4O--that
Is, he has learned 70 husband his physical re-
sources or hasn't. Multitudes die p.ematureiy by
reason OF an indiscretion which mignt have been
easily avoided IL isintelhgent caution thai saves
sickness. anc this caution ought TO be In posses
easier 70 prevent serious sickness than IL Is 10
secure recovery from IT, IL Is wonderful how the
system often bears up under the partial disability
Of an organ or part II there IS adaptation TO It's
weakness. and some compensation therefor. In
state OF inability each organ tends TO give scE,e
other helping hand. They will pe workers Tor
each other, II we are only co-workers
CoRN-BEBF HAsa.-Take q plat bowlful of very
finely chopped corn beef left from dinner mince
fne a small onion, and mix with the yelk OF
h4r;oo,!ed egg, rubbed smooth; one raw egg aud
hall teaspoonful OF pepper. Melt in a sauc pan
Z piece Of butter the size OF an egg, add one tea
spoonful OF ncur, stirring until smooth, and add
log slowly one large cup OF boiling water stirring
al until perfectly smooth. Boil for five minutes
and then put IN the chopped beef, onion, and egg.
stir until lust at boiling point again and then
pour into baking dish holding not less than three
pfats. Cover with q very thick layer OF mashed
potatoes; six potatoes mashed while hot, with half
a cup OF milk. large spoonful or butter, and one
teaspoonful VI salt and a tablespoonful OF pepper
with q teaspoonful OF melted butter.